Probability with a Deck of Cards
Probability with Dice
Probability with cards numbered 1 to 10
Probability with Historical Data
Probability Potluck
100
Probability of drawing a 2 (as a percent)
19%
100
the probability of rolling a 2 (give answer as a fraction)
1/6
100
Pr ( 6)
1/10
100
GIVEN FACT: "84% of smokers have tried to quit"
What is the probability that someone who smokes does not want to quit?
16%
100
Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green) what is the probability of spinning red?
1/4 or 25%
200
Probability of drawing the Queen of Hearts?
1/52
200
Probability of an even number or a 1
(give as a percent)
67%
200
Pr (Prime number)
4/10 =2/5
200
GIVEN: Table
More likely to be colorblind
Males
200
You have a bag of marbles, four red and five green. What is the probability of choosing red?
(4/9) or 44%
300
Probability of drawing a 2,3 or 4 (as a fraction)
3/13
300
Probability of rolling an 8 on a single die
0
300
Pr(atleast 3)
8/10 =4/5
300
GIVEN: (Table)
More likely to live to the age of 100
Females
300
Given a 4 color spinner with equal parts (red, blue, yellow, green), the probability of spinning red then blue (as a fraction)
1/16
400
Probability of pulling any 4 OR a heart (as a fraction)
4/13
400
probability of rolling a 5, then a 2 (as a fraction)
1/36
400
Pr(odd) + Pr (even)
1
400
GIVEN: Table
The least probable of all the events
Female going to prison
400
the theoretical probability of rolling a one THEN picking a red card out of a deck of cards
1/12 or 8%
1/6 * 1/2 (half of cards are red so 1/2)
500
the probability of flipping a coin to heads, then rolling a 3 on a die (as a fraction)
1/12
500
the probability of rolling a six then a number less than 3 (as a fraction)
1/18
500
1 - Pr (atleast 7)
3/10
500
Given: Table
Probability of a male being colorblind AND going to prison
1/9600
500
What is the theoretical probability of picking a purple marble?
2/11 or 18%
600
Probability of not an ace (as a percent)
92%
600
When rolling two dice, the probability that the sum is NOT 12. (as a fraction)
(Recall, there are 36 possible ways to roll 2 dice.)
35/36
600
Pr(atleast 4) + Pr(atmost 4)
11/10
600
GIVEN: Table
Assuming there are 72 boys in the Upper School, how many would you expect would be colorblind?
about 6
600
What is the probability of landing on a green, then pulling a red marble, then spinning not orange?
15/176 or 9%